Match-Fixing - Soccer

[ballinaman]

Surely the 2005 Milan v Liverpool final was a fix. Has to be.

[southdown]

A mate of mine plays for a well known Irish league side and has hinted that this goes on, especially for the last league games of the season. 

[Franko]

It's widespread in the Irish League.  Some local bookies will not give prices on Irish League games after a certain point in the season.

[bennydorano]

A mate of mine plays for a well known Irish league side and has hinted that this goes on, especially for the last league games of the season.

The 'Christmas money' Irish league game is a staple of the local economy.

[stew]

Surely the 2005 Milan v Liverpool final was a fix. Has to be.

I thought of that game right away too but no way these clubs would be involved, plus the players make gobs of money anyway.

A former Liverpool player  has  prior form at this craic allegedly, Bruce Grobeullar, their former keeper was said to have taken the odd punt to take a (pardon the pun) dive, that said it was no reflection on the club, just the player.

[laoislad]

Bruce Grobeullar  Who the fcuk is that.

[laoislad]

Surely the 2005 Milan v Liverpool final was a fix. Has to be.

No,that was just Rafa Magic 

[stew]

Bruce Grobeullar  Who the fcuk is that.

Hey, I didn't know how to spell his name, you know who I meant and I couldn't be arsed apologizing for the butchering of his name!

Anyhow, he was a Liverpool who took money to alter the course of games (allegedly)

[laoislad]

At a news conference in The Hague, Netherlands, Europol claimed:

The fixed Champions League tie in England took place in the "last three or four years";

The identity of that match cannot be revealed due to "ongoing judicial proceedings";

Other "corrupt" matches included World Cup and European Championship qualifiers and "several top football matches in European leagues";

In Germany-based matches alone, criminals wagered £13.8m (16m euros) on rigged matches and made £6.9m in profits

In total 380 suspicious matches were in Europe and a further 300 in Africa, Asia and south and central America.

Officials fear this is as the "tip of the iceberg".

That is serious stuff. If we are all up in arms over Lance Armstrong's cheating then we should be the same for this. Although we have very little info to go on yet.

*orders popcorn*

Whew!! That's liverpool in the clear.

Maybe Not!

Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet have come out with a stunning claim this evening, just hours after Europol said over 680 games have been fixed worldwide.

Much of the press speculation in the UK revolved around the fact a Champions League game based in England, over the last 3 to 4 years, was one of the fixed matches and Ekstra Bladet seem certain that it was Liverpool's 1-0 win over Debrecen in 2009.

They suggest that Debrecen goalkeeper Vukasin Poleksic was bribed to ensure that there were over 2.5 goals in the match.

However, Liverpool had a poor night in front of goal and Poleksic only conceded one, where he punched out a shot from Fernando Torres into the path of Dirk Kuyt to claim the winner.

In text messages recovered by police – the people behind the match fixing bemoaned the fact Steven Gerrard missed some presentable chances against Debrecen.

Later on in the Champions League group stage of 2009, Poleksic was once again allegedly bribed for the match against Fiorentina which the Italians won 4-3.

Poleksic has since subsequently been banned from all football activities for failing to report match fixing activities.

Ekstra Bladet add in their report this evening just how difficult it is to prove match fixing – after all in the case of Liverpool's win over Debrecen can we really be sure the keeper was trying to let in three or more goals?

They also say that whilst big clubs such as Liverpool and Fiorentina stick out like sore thumbs in this report, there is no evidence to link them with any match fixing whatsoever.



Jaysis even with a Goalie on the take we could still only manage 1 goal ! 

[theticklemister]

Armaghs win in kerry last year??? Thats kerry being mentioned twice here;hmmmmmmm...........

Bookies in north dont take single match betting in irish league.

[EC Unique]

Anybody ask Oisin yet?

[theticklemister]

Anybody ask Oisin yet?

Too far ec unique. Not nice there at all. Please remove that.

[Aaron Boone]

It didn't take long for the dodgy game to be outed.

[Norf Tyrone]

Anybody ask Oisin yet?

Says a man who was on his high horse a couple of weeks back. Nice.

Was thinking the same. It's alright to be saintly if you do it on a part time basis.

[theticklemister]

Im lost anseo